(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

General der Flieger Dr.rer.pol. Wilhelm Schubert
Born: 12 Nov 1879 in Görlitz
Died: 26 Jun 1972 in Munich (München)
Doctorate In Political Sciences: 1925
Promotions:
Fähnrich (08 Oct 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1913); Major (16 Sep 1917); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (31 Dec 1921); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1940); General der Flieger (01 Jul 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 129th Infantry-Regiment (21 Mar 1898-30 Sep 1903)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 129th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1905)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1905-14 Mar 1908)
Company-Officer in the 129th Infantry-Regiment (15 Mar 1908-30 Sep 1909)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1909-21 Jul 1910)
Company-Officer in the 129th Infantry-Regiment (22 Jul 1910-31 Mar 1911)
General-Staff-Officer in the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1911-26 Jan 1914)
General-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the I. Army-Corps (27 Jan 1914-29 Nov 1914)
Injured in a car accident, in Hospital in Rastenburg, Königsberg and Wiesbaden (29 Nov 1914-18 Mar 1915)
General-Staff-Officer in the General-Staff of the Field-Army (18 Mar 1915-12 Sep 1915)
Liaison-Officer to the 1st Bulgarian Army (13 Sep 1915-08 Nov 1915)
Liaison-Officer to the 2nd Bulgarian Army (09 Nov 1915-19 Mar 1916)
General-Staff-Officer in the General Staff of the Field-Army (20 Mar 1916-25 May 1916)
General-Staff-Officer with the High Command of Army-Detachment Gaede (26 May 1916-21 Sep 1916)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the 222nd Infantry-Division (22 Sep 1916-06 Sep 1917)
Taken ill and transferred to the Officers of the Army (07 Sep 1917-04 Dec 1917)
General-Staff-Officer in the General Staff of the Field-Army (05 Dec 1917-11 Jan 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XVII. Army-Corps (12 Jan 1918-26 May 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army (27 May 1918-31 Jan 1919)
At the same time, Military-Attaché with the German Embassy in Moscow (31 May 1918-30 Nov 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the Replacement I. Army-Corps (01 Feb 1919-1919)
Leader of the Military-Police Department with Army High Command Border-Protection East (1919-30 Sep 1920)
With the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Advisor in the RWM, T 1 (01 Jan 1921-31 Dec 1921)
Retired (31 Dec 1921)
Assistant of the Firm Junkers, Dessau, secret formation of an Aircraft-Works in the USSR (01 Jan 1922-31 Oct 1925)
Instructor with the secret Training of former active Officers, Reserve and Territorial Officers in the Area of Infantry-Leader III, Potsdam (01 Nov 1925-00 Jan 1928)
Instructor at the Turkish General-Staff-Academy, Istanbul (1928-1930)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1937) with the Staff of Air-District-Command III, Berlin (07 Aug 1934-31 Dec 1935)
Instructor at the Air War Academy and at the Air Technical Academy and Department-Chief in the Luftwaffe General Staff (01 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1938)
In the Military-Economics and Armaments Office, Berlin (01 Apr 1938-28 Feb 1939)
Armaments-Inspector VII Munich (01 Mar 1939-11 Sep 1940)
Armaments-Inspector Greater-Paris (12 Sep 1940-31 Mar 1941)
Chief of Economics-Staff East (01 Apr 1941-31 Jul 1942)
Retired (31 Dec 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 06.05.1917
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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